How The Artwork Was Developed

The Celebrate Oregon! artwork is the result of a year-long, inclusive process that began with a group of statewide nominators sharing the creative brief with artist and designers.

 

Artists and designers were nominated by a diverse group of 33 individuals representing Oregon’s artistic and design community. Each nominator was invited to forward the creative brief to artists or designers they felt might be interested. A total of 36 artists submitted statements of interest and work samples. A diverse jury evaluated the submissions and recommended 20 artists be invited to submit preliminary concepts in exchange for a $250 honorarium. An expanded jury evaluated the concepts based on criteria derived from the creative brief and unanimously recommended Liza Burns’ design to the Cultural Trust Board of Directors, which unanimously approved it in October. Burns met with several content experts, identified through the Governor’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, to finalize symbols included in the design.

Process Participants

Theo Downes-Le Guin, Portland

George Kramer, Ashland

Chris Van Dyke, Bend

Intisar Abioto

Artist, Portland

Jen Bell

Principal, bell+funk, Eugene

Steven Broocks

Executive Director, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay

Jonathan Bucci

Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem

Carissa Burkett

Director of Art Programs, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg

Wanda Chin

Consultant, Ashland

Brad Cloepfil

Allied Works, Portland

Cheryl Coughlan

Executive Director, Joseph Center for Arts and Culture, Joseph

Karl Davis

Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton

Jenny Green

Vice Chair, Oregon Arts Commission; Vice Chair, Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts, Bend

John Hoke

Chief Design Officer, Nike, Portland

Lisa Jarrett

Associate Professor, Community and Context Arts, Portland State University, Portland

Grace Kook-Anderson

The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art, Portland Art Musuem, Portland

Jessica Lagunas

Intercambio de Artistas Latinos/Latino Network, Portland

Hyla Lipson

Executive Director, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass

Scott Malbaurn

Director, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland

Brenda Mallory

Visual Artist, Portland

Sandee McGee

Interim Executive Director/Gallery Director, Umqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg

Elizabeth Quinn

Consultant, Summer Lake

Stacey Ray

Executive Director, Lane Arts Council,

Eugene Rebecca (aka Agnes) Rubens (aka Field)

Artist, Board Vice President, Astoria Visual Arts, Astoria Lori Sams Gallery Director,

Betty Feves

Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton

Ginger Savage

Executive Director, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City

Cynthia Spencer-Hadlock

Executive Director, The Arts Center, Corvallis

J. Scott Stephenson

Director, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles

Matthew Stringer

Executive Director, Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum; Arts Commissioner, Ontario

Beth Tobey

Arts Program Manager, City of Beaverton, Beaverton

Libby Unthank

Tower Arts Advocate and Oregon Arts Commissioner (2010 – 2017), Eugene

Tom Webb

Director, Newport Visual Arts Center, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, Newport

Tammy Jo Wilson

Co-founder, Art in Oregon, Oregon City

Elizabeth Woody

Executive Director, Museum at Warm Springs; Former Oregon Poet Laureate, Warm Springs

Gayle Yamasaki

Educator and Cultural Trust Board Member, Klamath Falls

*All nominators were invited to share the creative brief; they were not required to disclose with whom they shared it.

Mike Arseneault

Tillamook County Cultural Coalition, Brand Architect, Rockaway Beach

Elisabeth Charman

School of Art and Design Director, PSU, Portland

Mark DeBoer

Vice President of Corporate Development, Lithia Motors, Medford

Lucinda DiNovo

Director of Sales & Marketing, The Mill Casino Hotel & RV Park, Oregon Tourism Commissioner, Coos Bay

Kuri Gill

Grant and Outreach Coordinator, Oregon Heritage, Salem

Carrie Kikel

Communications Manager, Oregon Arts Commission/Cultural Trust, Canby

Rozzell Medina

Program Coordinator, Oregon Humanities, Portland

Stephanie Mulligan

Donor/plate holder, Portland

Tracy Olander

Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon DMV, Salem

Brian Rogers

Executive Director, Oregon Arts Commision/Cultural Trust, Artist, Portland

Aili Schreiner

Cultural Trust Manager, Portland

Mark Senffner

Brand Manager, Travel Oregon, Portland

Arvie Smith

Artist, Governor’s Arts Award recipient, Portland

MOsely WOtta

Creative Laureate, Bend

Mike Arseneault

Tillamook County Cultural Coalition, brand architect, Rockaway Beach

Kat Bell

Grants and Office Coordinator, Oregon Arts Commission

Mark DeBoer

Vice President of Corporate Development, Lithia Motors, Medford

Lucinda DiNovo

Director of Sales & Marketing, The Mill Casino Hotel & RV Park, Oregon Tourism Commissioner, Coos Bay

Stephanie Ingraham

Captain, Oregon State Police, Salem

Carrie Kikel

Communications Manager, Oregon Arts Commission/Cultural Trust, Canby

Robert (Bob) Komoto

Four Rivers Cultural Center (board member), Ontario

Janet Komoto

Four Rivers Cultural Center (volunteer), Ontario

Rozzell Medina

Program Coordinator, Oregon Humanities, Portland

Stephanie Mulligan

Donor/plate holder, Portland

Tracy Olander

Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon DMV, Salem

Brian Rogers

Executive Director, Cultural Trust, Portland

Aili Schreiner

Cultural Trust Manager, Portland

Mark Senffner

Brand Manager, Travel Oregon, Portland

Arvie Smith

Artist, Governor’s Arts Award recipient, Portland

MOsely WOtta

Creative Laureate, Bend

 

Grace Kook-Anderson

 

Katrine Barber

 

Edwin Battistella

 

Marc Benthimer

 

Stephanie Brown

 

Liza Burns

 

Peggy Burris

 

Kelly Cannon-Miller

 

Cool Nutz

 

Terry Currier

 

Duane Duvall

 

Richard Etulain

 

Mariotta Gary-Smith

Benjamin A. Gifford

 

Tom Hager

 

David Harrelson

 

Roger Hull

 

Carrie Kikel

 

George Kramer

 

William L. Lang

 

John Laursen

 

Darrell Millner

 

Sarah Munro

 

OffbeatOregon.com

 

Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation

 

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Oregon Encyclopedia

 

Oregon Historical Society

 

Conner Reed/Portland Monthly

 

Eleanor Sandys

 

Liora Sponko

 

Travel Oregon

 

Vursatyl Namita Gupta Wiggers

 

Wikipedia Willamette Valley Vineyards

 

Tim Williams

 

William F. Willingham

 

Gayle Yamasaki

Mohamed Alyajouri and Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie

Oregon Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs

Linda Castillo

Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs

Mariotta Gary-Smith

Oregon Commission on Black Affairs

Natasha Haunsperger

Oregon Commission for Women

Chuck Sams, Deputy Director

Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation